Recent content by baron

I'm in. Thanks!

Made my first Apfelwein (from Ed Wort's recipe) on 6/17/18. Just kegged it last night (9/25). Tastes very good --I'm impressed. Nice, dry, and clear with a hint of apple. Only to get better with age I assume. I followed Ed Wort's recipe exactly except used LD Carlson Cider House select yeast...

Wow..what a nice giveaway! I'm in.

Everything went well. Thanks for the advice! I delayed my brewing for one day thinking that would improve cell reproduction. I'm glad I did. One thing I will say, my OG was 1.070, which was expected. I did oxygenate (oxygenation wand) the wort once I added the yeast. Shooting for about a...

Yea -- I've been thinking stepping up to a 2L starter. Thanks for the info. I'll check it tonight when I get home. My plan was to brew tomorrow morning, but looks like I may delay at least one more day. Worst case, I can delay until next weekend. I have never used a yeast calculator. I...

Made a 1l starter last night, placed on stir plate and checked this morning. I'm not seeing any activity. Or krausen. The date on the yeast was March, so 5 months. Should I be concerned, or is there usually a lag time for the 1098 strain? Thanks for any responses. Rick

Just poured my 1st one tonight. Delicious. A little hoppy with a nice malty backbone. Followed recipe exactly except used Omega West Coast Ale I...yeast.This is a keeper. Thanks Yooper!

5 gal of Belgian Strong Dark Ale (jamil zainasheff recipe). It's going to be a good one -- measured 10.5% ABV.

Just replaced Taprite Regulator O-Ring last night. That was definitely the problem, slow leak on the high pressure side. I'm a happy camper now.

Thanks for posting the McMaster Part# -- just ordered some. I think this may be the culprit for a slow leak.

I'd have to say "Can you brew a Miller Lite?" (or Bud Light, Coors Light). Which kind of reminds me -- I've a friend I've been working on for years to try some crafts beers and also have been introducing him to some "gateway" beers. He'll always say -- "That's pretty good, but I like my...

That's good to know. Thanks.

I'll give the Malt Conditioning a try too -- Thanks! Might widen the spacing on my grain mill a couple .002 also.

I do have a grain mill (just recently purchased) -- and as a matter of fact this was the first batch I used it on. Mine is set to 0.039" -- do you have a recommended setting? Thanks.

That's exactly what I was trying at first (blow out stuck sparge through tube) until I realized it disconnected. One thing I did notice -- the OG was calculated at coming out to 1.044 and and actually came out to 1.060. So -- it's a little higher ABV than anticipated.